The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-17
string, for the entertainments tina. took
place yesterday and Wednesday It was
all Of the very beat and added greatly 10

Balutations were graceful and pleasing an,
well delivered. Mr.. Curry's subject wa
"The Unsolved Problems Of the Cen
tury." He reviewed the problems OF pao
centuries and the struggles that were mad
TO solve them, and then with tho obaerya
ton that with Increased capabilities cam,
greater problems, he took up the yexet
questions Of this age, touching especial,
on the liquor trafii, the struggle betweer
capital and labor and the HtatesmanshiI
that ahall solve that and other questions
II was one oi the most thoughtful effort.
heard at Bethany for several years. lr
speaking Of the relations OF the laborint
clasaca to the church, he said the peo
pie were being frozen out and that the
proper remedy was 10 take the church tt
the people-not to endeavor to recall the
wanderers. There was much food for re-
Election In his idsag.
MIR. Jones subject was "Know the Mind
through the Body;;" It was lesrned pro.
duction and at its conclusion there was a
hearty round Of applause. "Ths News.
paper OF To-day" q subject full of In.
terest. was treated In very entertaining
way by Mr.. Martin. He started out by
reviewing the wonderful growth Of news.
papers In this country and paid glowing
tribute to the manner In which they hsyo
kept step with the rapid progress ol true re.
form and to their power as q mighty engine
In the government OF tho country and tho
education Of the people. The newspaper
was rightly named "The Watchdog Of the
Republic" Referring again to the power
possessed by the press he turned his atten.
tion to the power for evil exerted by
papers Of to-day, and in caus!ic manner
touched up the sensational dailies Of the
large cities. While some OF his ideas wore
entirely imprac!icable, his effort wa, one
oil the most interesting OF the day and
evinced considerable observation and
study In connection with the matter.
The Constitution OF the United
States" was Mr.. Woolery's theme, He
reviewed the events that led no to it's
formation one hundred years ago, and tho
dire calamity to this country that its
adoption probably prevented. Then pass
ing to the instrument he touched on Ito
principal points in 8 clear concise style
that was very interesting. In doing this
ne made several contrasts with the
English form Of government that were
good. 6,5 a 'f{sES--z -. -. !
. The valedictory was assigned to Mr..
Reid, who, as an orator, promises to be
known hereafter. His farewells sbound-
ed with poetic thoughts and phrases, and
IS he spoke, his sincere manner made
quite an Impression, and many eyes were
dimmed with tears. ,a I,s.
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THE DEGREES.
President Pendleton then delivered the
diplomas and conferred tho degrees, In
the classical course the degree OF Bachelor
OF Arts was conferred on Messrs, Woolery,
Jones and Reid; the first honor WAS
awarded to Mr.. Woolery and the pecond
to Mr.. Reid, the percents required for the
awarding OF honors being 81 and 90 re-
apsctively. In the ministerial course the
degree of Bachelor Of Letters was con-
ferred on Messrs. Curry and Martin. and
the first honor divided between them. Miss
Shriver had conferred upon her the de-
gree OF Bachelor of Philosophy. These
announcements were all loudly applauded
by the audience. 3 :.
The honorary degree Of Master of Arts
was conferred upon Prot. A.. J. Mercer, Of
Hebron, Neb.; R. s. Groves, of Hamilton,
y; Miss A. O. Pendleton, OF the Faculty !;
George i. Smith, missionary in Japan,
and B. 9. Smith, OF Tore Haute, all grad.
yates OF Bethany; also upon Dr.. E. M.
Epstein, who has been 9 member OF the
Faculty, but who has reslgned in order to
20 to New York. l.7.i.1 i5e5.7l ~
: President Pendleton also announced
that the Faculty as chosen by the Board
for next year, and he hoped for many
years to come, would be rs follows;
President, w. d. Woolery, OF tho class
Of '78. es.52izs .','o"n3 -
$ Chair Of Latin, Frank NJ. Doglinp, 's5.
English Literature and Modern Ian.
guages. Miss A. @. Pendleton. .-ir9-'T3
schmiedel, 'ss. 80
Greek, Lewis Cass Woolery, 's4.
Financial Agent, 8. NJ. Cooper, 'S6.
The chair OF Natural Science that has
been filled by Prof.. M. ]. Thompson. who
goes to the Garfield University, at Wichita,
Kansas, has not been filed vat, There
nre q number Of applications and the
matter is left to the Executive Board,
MI. Woolery takes DR.. Epstein's place.
While President Woolery is relieved OF
Latin by MIR. Bowling, he will continue
as Professor Of Hebrew, study that may
be said to be his specially. He will also
be Professor of Sacred Literature and
Moral Sciences. =. -,
These announcements provoked wild
applause, especially that OF President
w oolery; as that was made the students
broke out with wild cheering that was
kept up for some time. The Faculty is
! now composed entirely Of young people,
al Of whom arc good scholars, capabls OF
giving as good instruction as can be oh.
,ained anywhere west Of the Allcghenies.
They are each and every one yery on
.husiastic in behalf of their Alma Maier,
Mr.. Cooper will take the field in behalf OF
The college at once. The new Faculty
promise to commence in September with
1T lenst 10Q students II they arc given sny
encouragement whatever. : -
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